Michael Kauffman
Management
Thank you, Ian. And good morning, everyone. Let me begin first by saying how thrilled I am to also be joined here today with Richard Paulson, our Company's new CEO. And we'll begin on slide four. Dr. Sharon Shacham and I started Karyopharm over 12 years ago. Our mission was really quite simple. We wanted to do everything we possibly could to make a difference in the lives of patients battling cancer. More specifically, we sought to develop novel drugs that exploited a fundamental pillar of Oncogenesis, namely, the reactivation of tumor suppressor proteins by inhibiting their export out of the cell nucleus, which as you may know, is actually where the name Karyopharm comes from. Now, with our lead medicine XPOVIO having received three separate FDA approvals, and one marketing authorization in Europe, over 450 employees and a robust pipeline of programs - across both immunologic and solid tumor indications, I could not be more proud of the work we've accomplished on behalf of patients, their families and healthcare providers. But as our company is increasingly focused on commercial execution, and competing in the global cancer marketplace, the time is right for a new leader, particularly one with strong track record of building successful, oncology commercial brands. Richard, of course, is no stranger to Karyopharm and he served on our Board of Directors since February 2020. And prior to his new role here, Richard served as Chief Executive Officer of Ipsen North America, and is the Former Vice President and General Manager of Oncology at Amgen. Richard will provide some of his thoughts regarding Karyopharm's future at the end of today’s review of our Q1 2021 earnings and business update. Please now turn to slide five. Total revenues were $23.3 million, with XPOVIO net product sales of $21.7 million in the quarter. Importantly, exposure prescription demand increased 17% in Q1 2021, as compared to Q4 2020, following the expanded FDA indication granted in December of 2020. We also saw more than 160 new physicians or accounts prescribing XPOVIO for the first time in the quarter. This quarterly growth occurred when many myeloma brands were flat or declining. Moving to our pipeline progress, we recently announced that in March of 2021, the European Commission granted Conditional Marketing Authorization for NEXPOVIO in combination with dexamethasone for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma, who have received at least four prior therapies and whose disease is refractory to at least two proteasome inhibitors, two immunomodulatory agents, and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, and who have demonstrated disease progression on the last therapy.